Hi,
> RAID 10 (or a striped mirror) will increase the
> redundancy of a stripe. Have 4 disks (if using an IDE
> RAID controller it's perfect for this), stripe each
> set of two and mirror the 2 stripes. You boost your
No, you should make two mirrors first and then stripe the mirrors (like
you started saying - striped mirror).
If you mirror stripes and you lose a disk on each side your whole array is
kaput!
If you stripe mirrors and you lose a disk on each side your array is still
operational!
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